CVE-2026-63700

7.8

Dell · Wyse Management Suite (WMS)

An improper privilege management vulnerability exists in Dell Wyse Management Suite (WMS), allowing a local authenticated user to escalate privileges.

Executive summary

A privilege management vulnerability in Dell Wyse Management Suite could allow an authenticated local user to achieve full system compromise.

Vulnerability

This vulnerability (CWE-269) involves improper privilege management, which can be leveraged by an authenticated user with low privileges (PR:L) to gain elevated control over the system. The attack requires local access and high complexity (AC:H) to successfully execute.

Business impact

A successful exploit grants an attacker high-level control over the management suite, potentially allowing them to compromise the entire fleet of managed thin clients. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this poses a substantial risk to organizational device management and security posture, potentially leading to widespread unauthorized access.

Remediation

Immediate Action: Update the Dell Wyse Management Suite to version 2605.0.2 or later as per the official Dell security advisory.

Proactive Monitoring: Audit local system logs for unauthorized privilege escalation attempts or suspicious activity involving management service accounts.

Compensating Controls: Restrict local system access to authorized personnel only and ensure that the WMS server is isolated from untrusted local users.

Exploitation status

Public Exploit Available: No

Analyst recommendation

Security teams should prioritize the patch for Dell Wyse Management Suite. Given that the vulnerability allows for total technical impact upon successful exploitation, applying the vendor-provided update is essential to maintaining the security of the management environment.

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